Sr. SW Engineer, Instant Pay

Visa; Reading; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a software engineer specializing in Golang. This role involves developing applications, deploying services in AWS, and collaborating with teams to implement technical solutions. Candidates must have 2+ years of experience with Golang and AWS services. This position is fully remote, allowing for flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Golang in production environments.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Strong testing mindset with experience in unit and integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using Golang.
• Deploy and operate services in AWS.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams for technical solutions.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs.

Skills

Golang

AWS services (SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, EventBridge)

REST APIs

Git

SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL)

NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Company Description

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and engineers in 2016, Pismo is a technology company that provides a comprehensive processing platform for banking, card issuing and financial market infrastructure and helps customers innovate and build the next generation of banking and payment solutions. Pismo joined Visa in 2024.

Leveraging Visa’s solutions, our core platform, and an expanding suite of capabilities, Pismo addresses the technological challenges that large banks, marketplaces, and fintech companies face in migrating from legacy systems to more advanced technology in the market. Pismo’s cloud-based platform empowers firms to build and launch financial products rapidly, scaling as they grow to have a broader audience while keeping high security and availability standards.

Pismo’s 500+ employees are located in more than 10 countries around the world.

Job Description

What you will do

• Develop and maintain applications using Golang, following best practices for clean and maintainable code.
• Deploy and operate services in AWS, including resources such as SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, and EventBridge.
• Collaborate with the product and engineering teams to analyze, refine, and implement technical solutions aligned with business requirements.
• Use Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure resources on AWS.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and support integration with other microservices.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure code quality.
• Monitor application health and performance using logs and metrics.
• Contribute to the evolution of a microservices architecture in a distributed system environment.

This is a remote position. A remote position does not require job duties be performed within proximity of a Visa office location. Remote positions may be required to be present at a Visa office with scheduled notice. #LI-Remote

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience
• 2+ years of experience with Golang in production environments.
• Experience with AWS services: SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3, and EventBridge.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience with REST APIs.
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
• Strong testing mindset with experience in unit and integration testing.
• Knowledge of SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Be based in UK.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in high-scale and high-availability environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Docker/Containers.
• Knowledge of messaging systems and event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of observability practices (monitoring, tracing, alerting).
• Background in Agile methodologies and production support.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or other IaC tools

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.